Device for incising the ends of cigars.



0. G. TAYLOR. DEVICE FOR' INGISING THE ENDS or CIGARS. APPLICATION FILEDJUNE 1, 1908.

91 5 ,807. Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES G. TAYLOR, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR'INCISING- THE ENDS OF CIGARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed June 1, 1908. Serial No. 435,953.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knovzn that I, CHARLES G. TAYLOR, a British subject, and residentof I-Iolyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Incising theEnds of Cigars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a device for incising or perforating the endsof cigars to prepare them so that they will draw for smoking, asconsidered preferable in many cases to the clipping off of the cigarend.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts ashereinafter de scribed in conjunction with the accompanying drawings andas set forth in the claims.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a partial plan view and partial horizontalsectional view of the device Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional viewof the same as taken on line 22, Fig. 1. Line l1, Fig. 2, indicates theplane on which the portion of the view Fig. 1, which is in section, istaken.

In the drawings, A represents a'casing of rectangular or other suitableshape having an opening a in its top in which is fitted a stationarysleeve-like guide B. C represents a cylindrical shell movably verticallyguided within said sleeve and having as one therewith a conical cigarend receiver D provided with a plurality of apertures I) Z; through alower portion thereof. E represents a post below and concentric with theaxis of the said sleeve and cigar end receiver, provided with aplurality of radially extending arms (1 d, to which a plurality ofnormally oblique members f are connected by pivots 9. Each of thesemembers f has, made as one therewith, an incising tool h, the inner endof which extends somewhat inwardly beyond the inner end of the member fwhich carries it, and has an engagement through therespective one of theapertures I) provided therefor in the cigar end receiver. The free endof member f, is weighted as at 0, to balance the member and to assistsame in having an easy and even operation. 7 The spiral springs ireacting between the upper end of the post E and the pivot members fnormally maintain the parts f and 71. in their normal positions shown inFig. 2.

In the example of the incisors here given, they are made of tubularform, open from one end to the other and being sharpened at their innerends for the penetration of the cigar and so that the portions of thecigar which they perforate may be discharged endvi ise outwardly throughthe tubular incisors into the receptacle comprised in the inclosedcasing A.

G represents a hinged and movable 10v. er section of the casing heldnormally closed by the catch 3' and affording means for the removal, asoccasion requires, of the cigar cuttings.

The operation of the device, as apparent from Fig. 2, is in brief that acigar an introduced into the receiver D and downwardly forced carriesthe receiver and its carrying sliding shell C downwardly, causing inwardswinging movements through the engaged incising tubes h, and the membersf of such parts it and f whereby inward projections of the incisorspenetrate the cigar for preparing it for smoking. Immediately the cigaris lifted out of its engagement, the springs i i react to return theparts to their normal positions.

I claim 1. A device of the type set forth composed of a casing, a cigarend receiver movable vertically through the casing top and having aseries of apertures therein, an upwardly projecting post on the bottomof the casing rigidly connected thereto and arranged to underlie saidreceiver, a series of radial outwardly extending arms carried by theupper end of said post, a cigar incising member pivoted to the outer endof each arm and having its free end extending in one of said receiverapertures, and a spring for each of said members, said springs engagingon the outer faces of the arms and on the under faces of said members.

2. In combination with the, casing, a cigar end receiver movablevertically through the casing top and having a series of aperturestherein, a post stationarily arranged on the bottom of the, casing andalined with said receiver, a horizontal member on said post, and aseries of spring pressed incising members having one of their endspivotally constationary member and having their free ends Weighted, anincising tool carried by each of said pivoted members and having itscutting end projecting beyond said weighted end of the pivoted memberand into one of said apertures of the receiver, and a spring for eachpivoted member engaging between said stationary member and said pivotedmembers.

4. In a device of the type set forth, a casing having a top formed withan opening, a stationary sleeve secured to said top and projectingdownwardly through said opening, a cigar end receiver composed of acylindrical sleeve having apertures arranged in said stationary sleeveand inorably guided thereby, a stationary vertical part on the casingbottom, a series of horizontal radial arms on the upper end of saidvertical part, and a series of spring pressed incisors r CHARLES G.'lAYl A) R.

itnesses:

WM. S. BELLows, G. R. DRISCOLL.

